U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson seeks to protect artists' lyrics from prosecutors
ajc.com > news > crime...Fulton County prosecutors are using Young Thug's and Gunna lyrics against them as part of a 56-count indictment on gang and racketeering charges. Hank Johnson hopes legislation he introduced recently would protect artists from their lyrics being used against them as evidence.... ...In the RICO indictment against Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, and Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, the lyrics are being used in an attempt to show crimes and gang activity members of YSL, or Young Slime Life, including Young Thug and Gunna have committed...
UPS to acquire health care logistics firm Bomi Group
ajc.com > news > business...Kate Gutmann, president of UPS International, health care and supply chain, said the Bomi deal speeds the journey by UPS "to become the number one provider of complex health care logistics.".... ...Bomi Group CEO Marco Ruini will continue in his role, according to UPS....
TUESDAY'S WEATHER: Daily storms continue, but fall-like changes are just ahead
ajc.com...There are 44 days left to go before the official start of fall, and North Georgia might just get its first taste of fall weather this weekend. But there are four days left in the work week, and all of them could be stormy at times....
Axios sells majority stake to Cox Enterprises. - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > news...Cox Enterprises on Monday said it acquired news startup Axios Media, a landmark deal in national media that expands the Atlanta-based communications, automotive and services company's journalistic reach.... ...Taylor credited Axios founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz for recruiting top journalists and creating a storytelling style that is non-partisan and sticks to the facts. Taylor said "the Fourth Estate is more important now than ever" in this era of political polarization....
Judge could soon decide temporary fate of new Georgia abortion law - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > politics...A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Monday heard arguments on whether the Georgia Constitution's right to privacy should stop the state's new abortion law from being enforced.... ...Wade was the law of the land and the law does not allow the Legislature to enact statutes that violate the law. "From the moment the Legislature enacted this law, it was void," said Julia Kaye, an attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project....
Dispatches from Druid Hills: Students see changes at the high school - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > education...It's a new school year at Druid Hills High -- one marked by no sewage spills, more functioning air conditioning and other repairs that made the first day of classes feel exciting, students said Monday.... ...The state intervened last school year over the DeKalb County School District's handling of the maintenance at Druid Hills High, after students publicized problems with the conditions....
Atlanta school board votes to open new Midtown elementary school
ajc.com > education...A new Atlanta elementary school serving students from Midtown neighborhoods will open next year. The Atlanta Board of Education on Monday voted 7-1 to launch the K-5 school at the former Inman Middle School site and rezone roughly 850 students from three other elementary schools.... ...Jason Getz / [email protected] Nearly 500 Springdale Park students would move to the new school, while 171 students from Mary Lin Elementary School would go to Springdale Park, according to APS. Mary Lin's parent-teacher group objected to the attendance zone changes....
How archery helps Atlanta seniors stay in shape - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > life...Otherwise, you're going to hate retirement,"" he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He'd been interested in archery during college, but didn't get back into it until he found the Atlanta Archery Club last October.... ...Contributed by Ken Tromer....
Ahmaud Arbery case: Apologetic Greg McMichael given life for hate crimes - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > news > crime...An apologetic Gregory McMichael, who instigated the chase that led to Ahmaud Arbery's murder, was sentenced today to life in prison for federal hate crimes. Before sentencing, McMichael, his voice quavering, expressed regret to the Arbery family for what had happened.... ...Mandi Albright / AJC. At the culmination of a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted the Michaels and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, all of whom are white, of targeting Arbery because he was Black....
Georgia appeals voting rights decision on at-large PSC elections - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > politics...Circuit Court of Appeals after Friday's decision put on hold this year's planned elections to the utility regulating board. The Public Service Commission sets electricity and natural gas rates, but only one Black candidate has ever won an election to the board in its 143-year history.... ...District Judge Steven Grimberg, who was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump, wrote in his order that statewide Public Service Commission elections violate the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racially discriminatory voting laws....